Category Archives: Iraq news

‘Million Man March’ planned against Maliki

KT News and Comment: A ‘Million Man March’ is due to take place today in the Iraqi cities of Anbar and Samarah, in protest against Nuri Maliki’s Shia-dominated government. This mass demonstration will be supported by other protests called by Sunni parties and activists in Baghdad, Samara, Mousul, Dywania and other cities across the south of…

Maliki moves against another Sunni minister

KT News and Comment: On Wednesday Iraqi federal government forces arrested ten of finance minister Rafei al-Essawi’s bodyguards on the pretext of their alleged involvement in terrorism and other illegal activities. According to Alsumaria News this action against a leading Sunni politician has exacerbated Iraq’s sharp internal discord. There have been demonstrations across southern Iraq…

Iraqi people suffer another day of mass murder

Bagdad bombing

KT News and Comment: Today Baghdad endured yet more devastation, claiming around 64 lives. There were four car bomb explosions in the north, south and east of the city and the assassination of a high ranking official working in the department for reform and justice. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet…

Talabani will not approve Maliki’s removal

News from The Kurdistan Tribune: According to local news agencies, 170 signatures have been collected from members of the Iraqi parliament calling for the resignation of Iraq prime minister Nuri Maliki. These signatures have been forwarded to Jalal Talabani, the President of Iraq and PUK leader, but he has declined to accept them. Instead he…

What solution to Iraq’s crisis: Centralism or Federalism?

By Harem Karem: Iraq’s self-promoting demagogues have been demonstrating reckless imprudence while enjoying a luxurious several months without bad headlines, despite their conspicuousness. Whether this is due to hard-nosed Western journalists concentrating on other parts of the planet or because these leaders have acquired a new set of demagogic skills – to prolong the semi-literate…

Iraq elections commission boss arrested

Faraj Haidari, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, was arrested yesterday on corruption charges, according to NNA News. He has previously been summoned several times to the Iraq parliament and accused of involvement in cases of deception and corruption. Haidari managed to tell NNA News from jail that the authorities had taken him…

Two more of Hashimi’s bodyguards killed under torture

News and Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: The office of fugitive Iraq vice-president Tariq Hashimi has issued a statement claiming that two more of Hashimi’s bodyguards have been tortured and killed by militiamen loyal to prime minister Nuri Maliki. The statement says the two men were killed before the recent Arab summit in Baghdad but…

Latest blasts in Iraq further prove Maliki’s incompetence‏

News and Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: Towns and cities across Iraq were rocked today by at least 16 explosions which killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 200. These murderous attacks, taking place on the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the US-led invasion and a week before Iraq is due to…